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Kolb House

Kolb House from directly overhead

Kolb House is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Grove, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Dublin
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.70060, -121.93857
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove: 0.0 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 1.3 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.2 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • The Junction: 0.0 mi
  • Conversation: 1.3 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Murray Schoolhouse: 0.1 mi
  • Little Classroom: 0.1 mi
  • Museum on Main: 4.4 mi
  • Discovery Center: 7.0 mi
  • Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Donlan Point: 1.6 mi
  • Peterson: 2.2 mi
  • Harlan Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Dougherty Hills: 4.0 mi
  • Wiedemann Hill: 4.0 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Springs: 17
  • Eugene Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Maple Spring: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Niles beach: 9.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • The Devil's Shelf: 9.0 mi
  • Chab: 10.6 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.0 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Kolb House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 6°1,173 m12.6 mi
Devil's PulpitN 7°1,110 m12.6 mi
North PeakN 9°1,084 m13.5 mi
Ransom PointN 6°1,037 m12.9 mi
Mount OlympiaN 8°898 m14.0 mi
Monument Peak NorthSSE 165°800 m15.1 mi
Mount AllisonSSE 165°793 m14.4 mi
Monument PeakSSE 165°776 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/334625855

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